The Price of Heaven ( Blessed Assurance )

The Price of Heaven (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Blessed Assurance
Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Bogdanovich

Written By:
Allan Gurganus
Joyce Eliason

Actors:
Grant Show ..... Jerry Shand
Cicely Tyson ..... Vesta Battle
Lori Loughlin ..... Leslie
George Wendt ..... Sam
Cari Shayne ..... Claire Gundry
Allan Gurganus ..... Juel Shand (as Robert King)
Rebecca Koon
Bob King
Louise Stratten
Robby Preddy
Shannon Eubanks
Tommy Cresswell
Bart Hansard
Stephen Michael Ayers
Michael Flannery

Synopsis:

Filmed on location in South Carolina, The Price of Heaven represents one of the forays into the realm of made-for-TV movies by celebrated director Peter Bogdanovich. The story takes place in the early 1950s, as Korean war hero Jerry Shand (Grant Show) returns to his Southern hometown. Aspiring to medical school, Jerry lands a low-paying but steady job selling funeral insurance to the local black community. When ordered to collect back premium payments from the elderly and impoverished Vesta Battle (Cicely Tyson in a virtual reprise of her "Miss Jane Pittman" characterization), Jerry is prevented from doing so by his newly awakened compassion and social consciousness--thereby placing his job, and his entire future as a "good Southerner", in jeopardy. On a more personal level, Jerry is torn between love for his childhood sweetheart, whose family runs a local laundry, and lust for the predatory daughter of a wealthy cotton-mill owner (shades of Bette Davis!) Based on a novella by Allan Gurganus and first telecast over the CBS network on August 17, 1997, The Price of Heaven has since been shown on cable TV under the title Blessed Assurance.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 July, 2009.